While employed by Diamond Offshore as a seaman, Alvarado states he suffered serious and painful injuries to his shoulder on March 27, 2010.

He accuses his employer of negligence for breaching the duty of reasonable care, failing to provide a reasonable safe place to work, failing to properly train and supervise him, failing to take precautions for the safety of the employees, for creating and maintaining an unseaworthy vessel, failing to provide minimum safety requirements and failing to provide adequate equipment and personnel for the job.